The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-04

day for months in that city. The course
pursued was to drive him Just so as to con
ceal his defect and sell him without a war
rantee, and buy back at u greatly reduced
price after his purchasers discovered his
| worthlessness
B. P. Weeks, of Macon, has hit upon a
new scheme to ease and facilitate the work
of policemen in lodging drunken men be-
hind the bars. The institution Invented by
Mr.. Weeks has a number of advantages
over the Black Maria. On the five regular
police beats of the city he places box, or
small house large enough to contain four
seated persons, and has an iron ring on top.
1t is provided with door, to which every
officer has key. At the police .headquar-
tiers is kept a peculiar kind of wagon with
a horse always hitched up and driver al
ways ready. AT the back of this wagon is
a small derrick, or windiaSs, which
| is worked with chain and hook.
| When the officer sends in his
message the vehicle promptly responds to the
call, and is soon at that portion of the beat
where the box or house is kept The wagon
is backed up to it and by means of the der
rick or windlass it is hoisted in its place and
carried to headquarters, where the contents
are taken out and placed in a cell In this
way, if an officer finds a drunken man on
the street, he simply locks him up in the
| box, telephones for the vehicle and con-
tinues his walk over the beat, losing but lit
tile time. BY the present method, il an of
| ficer finds a drunk on the street, and the
drunk is very drunk, he must call
brother officer from another beat and
| together they carry their man to
prison. This leaves two beats unpro-
tected for a half hour or more.
Ranse Mallory and wife, two VIGOROUSLY
mean negroes. are tenants on Buck Smiths
plantation, four miles southeast of Cuth-
bert Both are able-bodied, and well able
to pick $50 pounds of seed cotton per day,
and were picking it, but putting into two
| cotton baskets, one at their house and one
at the back side of the plantation not under
Mr. Smiths supervision, and that which
was placed in the latter would, on the same
night, disappear very mysteriously. Mr.
Smith, solving the mystery, went to Ranse,
and, without accusing him of theft, tried
to prevail upon him TO bring him all of the
cotton in the house to his residence, where
upon Ranse got fighting mad and pulled
down his musket, filed with buckshot,
cooked it and had Mr. Smith, who was I'M
armed, completely under his control TIE
Negroes wife, in the meantime, urged her
husband TO shoot, but Mr. Smith somehow
prevailed on him to desist, but little Gus
Smith, a l6-year. old-son, who had accom-
panied his father, was taken in charge and
given terrible beating with fence rail
Mr. Smith stood by and saw it all but could
do nothing. Finally they both succeeded in
getting away without being shot Mr..
Smith immediately came to town and served
out warrants against them, charging them
with assault and battery, Sheriff L. A. Smith
deputized Mr.. Buck Smith and gave him
the papers for the arrest of the parties, and
he, accompanied by Messrs. Rad Bridge and
Will Harvey, started out to arrest them.
When nearing the house, in an old field,
Ranse and his wife were met awaiting Mr.
Smiths return, having said to the latter
that he would be ready for him. Mr..
Smith told him that he had a warrant for
him, but the negro defied and Immediately
began uttering a profusion of oaths, and at
the same time pulled out pistol and leveled
it at Smith, who seeing the danger he was
IN, pulled down on him with two loads of
buckshot from Parker gun, one load TAX
ing effect in the stomach and thighs, the
other missing the mark. The negro and
wife were then arrested and brought to
town, medical aid was given and he was
jailed. 1t is thought that the negro will
die.